2. ABEL, Karl Friedrich (1723-1787): Six Overtures Composed by C.F. Abel. Adapted for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte, By the Author, being Opera First.
London: Printed and Sold by R: Bremner, [ca.1765]. Folio. [i (title)], 25pp. Original half leather with marbled boards (scuffed). Title a little grubby. Engraved. First edition of these arrangements. RISM A/I/1 and A/I/9 A 55. BUC p.2. £200

5. ADAMS, Abraham: The Psalmist's New Companion. Containing an Introduction to the Grounds of Musick, In a plain and Familiar Method. Also Forty three Psalm Tunes, & Twenty three Anthems, some of them being suited to various Occasions, & most of them Composed of Solo's, Fugues, & Chorus's, after the Cathedral manner. To which is added a Funeral Hymn. The whole is Composed in Three and Four Parts, according to the most Authentick Rules, & brought within Compass of the Voice, being chiefly Intended for the Use of Country Choirs. The Tenth Edition. Set forth and Corrected by Abraham Adams, at Shoreham in Kent.
London: Printed for C. and S. Thompson, [ca.1775]. Oblong 12mo. [vi], xvi, 190pp. Half leather (rubbed) with marbled boards and leather ownership label of "Higham Church, 1778". Light water-stain at upper margins of pp.37-42. Both RISM and BUC cite only one earlier edition (the sixth). Engraved. RISM A/I/1 and A/I/11 A 284. BUC p.5. £140

6. ADAMS, James B. (fl.1770-1820): A New Air for the Voice and Harpsichord, with other Accompanyments. N.B. The Author intends to Publish, occasionally, Airs (on this Plan) adapted to Chamber Concerts. No.2 [5 and 6].
London: Printed and Sold by J. Blundell, [between 1780-1782] / Printed for the Author by Longman & Broderip, [ca.1785], . Three volumes. Folio. 5, 5, 5pp. Disbound. Each no. with title-page, numbered and priced and nos 2 and 5 signed by the composer at the foot of p.2. Engraved. First edition. No.1: RISM A/I/11 AA 289a, citing only two copies (both in GB); not in BUC. Nos 2-6: RISM A/I/1 and A/I/11 A 290-294 and BUC pp.5-6, citing only between three and five copies of each. £150

13. AGUS, Joseph Francis (1749-1798): A Second Set of Glees and Airs, adapted for a Violin & Violoncello or Piano Forte, and most respectfully inscribed by Permission to the Right Honble. The Earl of Egmont by J.F. Agus. [Score].
London: Printed for the Author by L. Lavenu, [between 1798-1803]. Folio. [i (title)], 15pp. Disbound. With Agus's signature on the title. The composers named are Stephen Paxton, John Wall Callcott, Dr Wilson, Emanuele Barbella and Giuseppe Agus. Engraved. First edition. RISM A/I/1 and A/I/11 A 469 citing three copies only. BUC p.10. £120

36. [AMATEUR]: The Poor Little Child of a Tar. The much admired Ballad, Sung by Mrs. Bland, Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The Words by Thomas George Ingall. The Music by an Amateur.
London: Published by Henry Thompson, [wm1802]. Folio. 4pp. Disbound. Thumbed and lower outer corners worn and torn. Drop title. With tunes for Flute and Guitar on p.4. Engraved. This imprint not in RISM. £10

37. AMBROSE, Bert (1897-1971): Photograph, signed.
: Mannell, [ca.1945]. 230 x 172mm. Edges a little foxed and creased. Head and shoulders, black-and-white portrait. Signed to the side. Ambrose was the dance band leader of the Embassy Club and Mayfair Hotel. £25

39. AMOTT, John (1798-1865): Autograph letter to an unidentified male [probably the secretary of the Three Choirs Festival].
[Gloucester?: , ca.1860]. 127 x 201mm. Blue paper (creased where previously folded into an envelope). Autograph letter, in ink, signed, regarding the Three Choirs Festivals and the concerts since the previous edition of Daniel Lyson's History of the origin and progress of the meeting of the T £25

52. ARNE, Michael (ca.1740-1786) and others: Cymon, a Dramatic Romance. Perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. [Vocal score. Bound with] Love in a Village, A Comic Opera, As it is Perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. For the Harpsicord, Voice, German Flute, or Violin. Book I [and II].
London [and] Dublin: sold by the Author at Mr. O'Keeffe's, printed by J. Johnston [and] Alice Murray, [1767] [and] [1764?]. Two volumes in one. Oblong folio. [iii (titles)], 79 + viii; [iii (title, contents)], 62pp. Half leather (worn) with original marbled boards. Cymon bound very out of order, presumably because it was issued in three parts, but complete and with "Three Additional Songs … by M. Arne & Charles Dibdin" as a separate publication by John Johnston. Love in a Village in an unknown imprint by Alice Murray (unknown also) "Sister to the late William Manwaring [sic]": Humphries and Smith list Mainwaring at the address as being succeeded by his widow at his death in July 1763 - the imprint has been visibly changed. Engraved. First edition. RISM A/I/1 and A/I/11 A 1436. BUC p.38. [and] RISM A/I/11 AA 1857a citing only one copy and A/I/15 citing this sole work as the production of this “publisher”. £180

53. ARNE, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778): A New Edition of Love in a Village. A Comic Opera as Performed at the Theatres Royal Drury Lane & Covent Garden. For the Piano Forte, Composed by the most Esteemed Authors and Doctor Arne. [Vocal score].
London: Printed by Broderip & Wilkinson, [Wm1798]. Folio. [iii (title, contents)], 89pp. Disbound. Previously from a volume belonging to the Glasgow Society of Musicians. Engraved. This imprint not in RISM, BUC or BLIC. £60

60. ARNE, Thomas Augustine (1710-1778): The Musick in the Masque of Comus. Written by Milton. As it was Perform'd at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, Opera Prima. [Full score].
London: Printed by William Smith … and sold by the Author, [1740]. Folio. [ii (title, privilege (29th January, 1740-1)], 47pp. Modern half calf with marbled boards. Occaisonal light spot. With the discreet ownership signature, in ink, of Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (1848-1918) at the upper outer corner of the title-page; a smattering of performance markings. Masque (prologue First edition, second issue. RISM A/I/1 and A/I/11 A 1745. BUC p.43. London Stage vol.3, p.706. £420

73. ARNOLD, Samuel (1740-1802): A third Sett of Eight Sonatas for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte, with an Accompaniment for a Violin, Opera XI. [Score].
London: Printed and Sold by Welcker, [1775?]. Oblong folio. [iii (title, dedication "To the Right Honorable Lady Mayoress" [Sawbridge])], 39pp. Disbound. Opening pages detached. Fine clean copy. Engraved. First edition. RISM A/I/1 and A/I/11 A 2464 citing just two copies. Not in BUC or BLIC. £275

74. ARNOLD, Samuel (1740-1802): Little Sally, A Favorite Ballad. Sung by Mrs. Bland, At the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. In the Opera of The Shipwreck. ['Come buy, who'll buy?', for voice and piano].
London: Printed by Longman and Broderip, [1796?]. Folio. 4pp. Disbound. Drop title. With arrangement for German flute on p.4. Engraved. RISM A/I/1/ and A/I/11 A 2329 citing only four copies, all in GB. BUC p.53. £20

77. ARNOLD, Samuel (1740-1802): As t'other day in harmless chat. A Favourite Song, Sung by Mrs Mountain at the treatr Royal hay Market in the Sixty Third Letter.
[London]: Printed for G. Walker, [1803?]. Folio. 3pp. Disbound. Drop title. Engraved. This imprint not in RISM. £15

78. ARNOLD, Samuel (1740-1802): Smiling Nan. A Favourite Sea Song, Sung by Mr. bannister, in the Entertainment of the Gnome, at the Theatre Royal, in the Hay-market, at the Anacreontick Society. The Words by J. O’Keefe.
London: Printed for Harrison & Co., [1785]. Folio. [3]pp. Disbound, edges worn. Engraved. RISM A/I/1 A 2253 and BUC p.52 citing just one copy (BL). £40

79. ARRAU, Claudio (1903-1991): [Programme]. Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Only recital in London this season.
[London]: , Sunday, October 9th, 1949. 8vo. 209 x 166mm. [xii]pp. Pictorial wrappers (front top edge a little torn, though not obtrusively). Including advertisements for Arrau's British appearances with orchestras for the remainder of that year and the London Symphony Orchestra's Sunday orchestral concerts. £12

80. ASHTON, Frederick (1904-1988): Programme for performance of Scènes de Ballet, Enigma Variations and Daphnis & Chloë by the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House.
London: Royal Opera House, 15th January, 1975. 8vo. ca.40pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. Signed, in ink, along the inner margin of the programme page by Ashton, who choreographed the productions. Also with the signatures of Jennifer Penney and David Ashmole in the title roles in Daphnis & Chloë. £20

81. ASTLEY, Philip: Token for the Lyceum on the Strand.
[London: , 1794]. 28mm. in diameter. Copper. Recto: rider in the character of Mercury, standing on his left foot on the back of a prancing horse, holding a herald's wand above his head, enclosed within "THE FIRST EQUESTN. PERFORMANCE IN EUROPE, LYCEUM, STRAND, LONDON"; verso: acrobat balanc £85

84. ATTWOOD, Thomas (1765-1838): Anthem "I was Glad". Composed by Command of the King and performed as part of the August Ceremonial of His Majesty's Royal Coronation, which was celebrated in Westminster Abbey, July 19th. 1821. [Full score].
London: Published by Cramer, Addison & Beale, [ca.1835]. Pl.no.870. Folio. 30pp. Cloth library binding (faded) with original publisher's wrappers bound in (edges of front one chipped and reinforced). From the plates of the 1830 edition. Engraved. £35

102. AUSTIN, Ernest (1874-1947): Hymn of Apollo. Poem by Shelley. Set to music for Orchestra & Chorus, Op.39. [Vocal score].
London: J.H. Larway, [1917]. 4to. 60pp. Original printed wrappers with cloth backstrip. Ex library with stamp. Sir Henry Wood's (1869-1944) copy with his pencilled signature; inscribed at the head of the title, in ink, by the composer to Henry Wood. £10

126. BACH, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): L'Art de La Fugue Par Jean Sebastien Bach. [BWV 1080. Score also with keyboard short score when three or more parts].
A Paris: Chez Richault, [1825?]. Pl.no.1167R. Oblong folio. [i (title)], 183pp. Disbound. Generally foxed. From the plates of the third edition, published in 1802 by Hans Nägeli, with a new title-page. Engraved. Fourth edition. RISM A/I/11 BB524a citing just one copy. Hirsch M.22. Not in Riemenschneider. £1250

178. BARBER, Samuel (1910-1981): Programme for Boston Symphony orchestra concerts.
Boston: , March 6, 1942. Pp.823/4 only. Disbound (traces of mounting on p.824). Signed, in ink, by the composer Samuel Barber: his violin concerto was included in this concert and the soloist Ruth Posselt (1914-) has also signed the page. £250

182. BARNBY, Joseph (1838-1896): Autograph letter to an unidentified gentleman.
[London]: Guildhall School of Music, March 2, 1893. 8vo. 197 x 130mm. [2]ff. (single sheet folded, f.2 blank). Cream paper (creased where originally folded into an envelope). Autograph letter, ink, on headed note-paper of the Guildhall School of Music, written in his first year as Principal, in reply to an invitation and regretting that he would not be able to at £40

183. BARNETT, John (1802-1890): The Mountain Sylph. A Grand Opera In Two Acts, as Performed at the New Theatre Royal English Opera House. Written by T.J. Thackeray. [Vocal score].
London: Published and sold by Hawes, [1834]. Pl.no.[between 938 and 941]. Folio. [iii (title, dedication to Samuel James Arnold)], 206, [i (index)]pp. Original plain boards (edges bumped and worn) with cloth backstrip (torn). Fine internally. Engraved. First edition. £80

189. BARTHELEMON, François-Hippolyte (1741-1808): Oh! Had my Love. A Much Admired Air in the Opera of the Duenna with an Accompt. & Variations for the Pedal Harp.
[Dublin]: Published by B. Cooke, [between 1794-1798]. Folio. Pp.17-19. Disbound. Drop title. Engraved. £5

190. BARTLET, John (fl.1606-1610): A Booke of Ayres, 1606. Edited by David Greer.
London: Scolar Press, 1967. English Lute Songs, 1597-1632: a collection of facsimile reprints, no.3. Folio. [54]pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. Facsimile of the 1606 edition published by John Browne. £15

300. BEETHOVEN, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Fidelio. Opera in Two Acts. Vocal score with English and German words arranged according to the original score by Dr. Wilhelm Kienzl. English version by Percy Pinkerton.
Wien: Universal-Edition, [s.d., ca.1930]. Pl.no.UE778. 8vo. 199pp. Publisher's printed wrappers (foot of backstrip and edges a little worn). £15

325. [BEGGAR'S]: A New Edition of the Beggar's Opera, as it is Performed at Drury Lane & Covent Garden Theatres, For The Piano Forte, Voice and Violin, the Basses entirely New with the additional Alterations by Dr. Arne. [Vocal score].
London: Printed by Broderip & Wilkinson, [wm1800]. Folio. [i (title)], 37pp. Disbound, in two pieces. Engraved. Variant imprint of RISM A/I/1 A 1740, A 1742 and A/I/13 P 1207a. £75

340. BENEDICT, Julius (1804-1885): Autograph letter to Charles Lucas.
[London]: , 10 Sept., 1874. 8vo. 178 x 113mm. [2]ff. (single sheet folded). White paper (creased where originally folded into an envelope), with integral pink monogram. Autograph letter, in black ink, written on three sides, in response to the recipient's generosity, patronage and support to a "Herr Raffel" and offering his own £20

427. BERLIOZ, Hector (1803-1869): Berlioz and the Romantic Imagination. An exhibition organized by the Arts Council and the Victoria and Albert Museum on behalf of the Berlioz Centenary Committee in cooperation with the French Government.
London: Arts Council, 1969. 4to. xxiv, 147pp. Paperback. Illustrations. £8

452. BIBLIOGRAPHY - SCHNAPPER, Edith (editor): The British Union-Catalogue of Early Music, printed before the year 1801. A Record of the Holdings of over one hundred Libraries throughout the British Isles. Vol.I, A-K; [vol.II, L-Z].
London: Butterworths Scientific Publications, 1957. Two volumes. xx, 583; xx, 585-1178pp. Cloth. £125

453. BIBLIOGRAPHY - SMITH, William C. and HUMPHRIES, Charles: A Bibliography of the Musical Works published by the Firm of John Walsh during the years 1721-1766.
London: Bibliographical Society, 1968. Square 8vo. xx, 351pp. Cloth. Frontispiece. £20

454. BIBLIOGRAPHY - SMITH, William C. and HUMPHRIES, Charles: A Bibliography of the Musical Works published by the Firm of John Walsh during the years 1695-1720.
London: Bibliographical Society, 1948. Square 8vo. xxxiv, 215pp. Quarter cloth with plain boards. Plates. First edition. £15

462. [BIGGS, Edward Smith]: Barbara Allen, and Lady Alice. Two favorite Ballads, with an Accompaniment for the Harp or Piano Forte.
London: Printed by Rt. Birchall, [ca.1800]. Folio. 4pp. Disbound. Drop title; catalogue of music and arrangements by Biggs on p.1 indicating this arrangement to be by him. Engraved. £12

483. BLISS, Arthur (1891-1975): Music for Strings. Score. [B71].
London: Novello & Co., [1936]. Pl.no.16269. 4to. [iv (title, dedication/note)], 66pp. Wrappers (worn). Lower outer corners burnt throughout, without loss of text. With a 2-page letter signed ?"A.D.", dated "Nov. 13th, 1974", asking the correspondent to provide a resumé of Bliss's musical output to accompany the composer's notes for a rec First edition. Foreman no.123. Craggs p.135 which cites the lettering to the wrapers as being in black - this copy is in red, with other slight typographical differences to the title. £80

493. BLISS, Arthur (1891-1975): The Beatitudes. Vocal score. Nos 1-6 [with '7 to end'].
London: Novello and Company, [?March, 1962]. Pl.no.19030. Two volumes. Small 4to. [i (title)], 45pp; [i (title)], pp.46-85. Publisher's printed wrappers. Proof copies. The first volume unmarked; the second volume with some markings in pencil and red biro and with a sheet of corrections in the hand of the composer. £40

529. BORGHI, Luigi (1745?-1806?): Twelve Divertimento's, for one, two, and three Voices, with an accompaniment for the Harp, or Piano Forte, Opa.VII. Humbly Dedicated to Lady Dashwood [née Mary Helen Graham (before 1765-1796)]. [Score].
London: Printed for the Author, March 1, 1790. 4to. [i (title)], 24pp. Modern quarter leather with marbled boards. Small hole at foot of title-page. Title-page vignette of a winged horse, by Bartolozzi. Borghi was leader of the second violins at the Handel Commemoration concerts of 1784 and manager of the Italian Opera at First edition. RISM A/I/1 and A/I/11 B 3734, citing only four copies. BUC p.124. £160

542. BOUGHTON, Rutland (1878-1960): The immortal Hour. The Libretto being arranged from the play and poems of Fiona Macleod (William Sharp). [Libretto].
London: Stainer & Bell, [ca.1925]. Small 8vo. 19pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. Some browning and spotting. With a programme for a performance at the Regent's Theatre, King's Cross £10

560. BOWN, George Washington: A Collection of Popular Quadrilles, as Performed at Bath, Cheltenham, Almacks and the Nobilites Assemblies, Properly Arranged for the Flute.
London: Publish'd by G.W. Bown, [Wm1821]. Folio. 13pp. Sewn (title and final pages detached, edges dusty and chipped). Engraved. Not in RISM or BLIC. £80

563. BOYCE, William (1711-1789): The Chaplet, A Musical Entertainment, As it is performed at the Theatres Royal in Drury Lane and Covent Garden. For the Voice, Harpsichord, and Violin.
London: Printed for Harrison & Co., [1784]. Pl.no.7. Oblong folio. 19pp. Disbound. Few pencil markings. Engraved. RISM A/I/1 and A/I/12 B 4055. BUC p.129. £90

568. BOYCE, William (1711-1779): A Collection of Anthems And a short Service in Score, for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 8 Voices. Composed for the Use of the Royal Chapels. [Score].
London: Printed & Sold by L. Lavenu, [between 1805-1811]. Folio. [i (title)], 136pp. Half leather (a little worn, head and foot of backstrip missing, front board detached), raised bands with gilt embossed tooling within compartments, matching marbled end-papers and edges. With the bookplate of Enoch Hawkins, previously owned by Tenbury C This reprint not listed in RISM A/I/1. £95

569. BOYCE, William (1711-1779): Lyra Britannica. Originally published in London 1747-1759. Introduction by Robert J. Bruce.
Tunbridge Wells: Richard Macnutt, 1985. Music for London Entertainment, Series F, vol.3. Folio. xvi, 108pp. Green hardback. £20

571. BOYCE, William (1711-1789): A Collection of Anthems, And a Short Service in Score, For 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 8 Voices, Composed for the Use of the Royal Chapels. [Score].
London: Printed for the Author's Widow, 1790. Folio. [iv (title, List of Subscribers, contents)], 136pp. Original tooled reverse calf (edges a little worn, nineteenth-century backstrip). Ex library with discreet label and stamp; from the library of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, a few pencil and crayon performance markings, generally thumbed. Without First edition. RISM A/I/1 and A/I/11 B 4049. BUC p.129. £275

607. BRITTEN, Benjamin (1913-1976): Typed letter to Felix Aprahamian (1914-2005).
Aldeburgh: The Red House, 23rd February, 1963. 255 x 206mm. Single sheet (previously folded). White paper. Typed letter on one side of the paper, signed "Ben", replying to a note from Aprahamian, letting him use "my Dupré theme" for André Marchal to improvise upon as Britten will not have time to write another before going to Russia. Also concer Banks p.127 notes that the composition draft was finished on 25 May. £375

619. BRITTEN, Benjamin (1913-1976): Typed letter, signed, to Roderick Brydon.
Aldeburgh: , 15th July, 1970. 252 x 202mm. Single sheet of headed note-paper (creased where enveloped). Typed letter, signed in ink, with envelope, thanking Brydon for his help during rehearsals of Mozart's Idomeneo and looking forward to working with him on Owen Wingrave. £175

633. BRITTEN, Benjamin (1913-1976): The Beggar's Opera. A Ballad-Opera by John Gay in a new musical version realised from the original airs. Vocal Score by Arthur Oldham.
London, etc.: Hawkes & Son, [February, 1949]. Pl.no.B&H16468. Folio. 192pp. Publisher's printed pictorial wrappers (detached and worn at head and foot of backstrip). £20

642. BROWN, David and AKISTER, Peter: My Land of Shamrock Green. Written and Composed by Brown & Akister. ['There is a land of Shamrock'].
London: Era Music Co., 1952. Pl.no.EMCo1005. 4to. 3pp. Folded as issued. Signed by Brown at the head of the title. £5

644. BRUCH, Max Christian Friedrich (1838-1920): Carte de visite, inscribed to Mrs Henschel, initialled.
Breslau: , [between 1883-1890]. 58 x 96mm. Printed carte de visite, inscribed, in German, in ink, on both sides: 'I should like to read some more details on the latest Hochberg-Deppe-Strautz scandal; could you perhaps send me the relevant copies of the Börsen-Courier? - Now we know that the wonder £115

652. BULLER, John (1927-2004): The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies on Part 2 of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, for singers, speaker and 13 instrumentalists. Study score.
London: G. Schirmer, [1978]. Pl.no.L1001. Large 4to. viii, 210pp. Publisher's printed wrappers (backstrip faded and worn). Inscribed and signed "John", in ink, at the head of the title-page. £38

693. BUTT, James Henry Baseden: The Carol of the Ship. Traditional carol arranged … For voice and pianoforte.
Stowmarket: Sphemusations, [1973]. Large 4to. 3pp. Folded as issued. Inscribed and signed, in ink, by the composer to Edward Heath. From the collection of Sir Edward Heath (1916-2005). First edition. £12

694. BUTT, James Henry Baseden: The King of love … for medium voice and organ (or pianoforte).
Stowmarket: Sphemusations, [ca.1965]. Large 4to. 5pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. Inscribed and signed, in ink, by the composer to Edward Heath. From the collection of Sir Edward Heath (1916-2005). First edition. £12

700. BYRD, William (ca.1540-1623): A Mass for Five Voices. Now first Printed in Score, And Preceded by A Life of the Composer by Edward F. Rimbault.
London: Printed for the Members of the Musical Antiquarian Society by Chappell, [1841]. Large folio. [iii (title, list of council)], 12, 32pp. Green half calf (rubbed) with marbled boards, bound by W. Burnham of Maidenhead. A couple of pencil markings. With the ownership signature of William Horsley on the title-page, one of the subscribers and editors of this series and an eminent editor of " £60

703. CAHUSAC, William: Valentine’s morning. A Glee for Three Voices. Respectfully inscribed to the Right Honble. The Lady Viscountess Dungannon by Wm. Cahusca (late one of the Children of His Majesty's Chapels Royal). ['Ah whither so early'].
London: Printed for the Author by Rt. Birchall, 1805. Folio. 7pp. Disbound. Water-stain across lower outer corners. Initialled by the composer at the foot of the page. Engraved by J. Balls. RISM A/I/11 CC 24 III, 2. £15

717. CAREY, George Saville: Salley in our Alley. A Favourite Song. ['Of all the girls'].
Edinr.: Printed for the Author, [ca.1795]. Folio. 2ff. Disbound. Drop title. With tune for the guitar at the foot of the second leaf. Engraved. Not in RISM or BUC. £20

741. CATLEY, Anne (1745-1789) - [????]: The Life of Miss Anne Catley, celebrated singing performer of the last century, including an account of her introduction to public life, her professional engagements in London and Dublin and her Various Adventures and Intrigues with well-known men of quality and wealth. Carefully compiled and edited from the best and most authentic records extant.
London: [s.n.], 1888. Small 8vo. 78pp. Original boards with leather label. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Uncut. £60

758. CHALIAPIN, Fyodor (1873-1938): Concert [programme].
Paris: Grande Salle Pleyel, Samedi 31 Mai, 1930. Folio. 23ff. Wrappers (backstrip previously taped) with colour picture of the bass laid down and reproduction of his signature in gilt at the top inner corner. With several photographic reproductions of Chaliapin in various roles; with the texts of all the songs tran £35

779. CHELARD, Hippolyte-André-Baptiste (1789-1861): Autograph musical quotation signed, from Macbeth [in German].
[S.l.]: , 1 Mai, 1832. 84 x 178mm., cut from a larger paper. Five bar fragment, in black ink, on hand ruled staves. Macbeth was first performed at the Paris Opéra on 29th June, 1827, where it was not a great success - after some rewriting it was received most favourably the following year at the court theatre in M £85

800. CHURCH MUSIC: The British Museum Manuscript, Egerton 3307. The music, except for the carols, edited and transcribed, and with general commentary by Gwynn S. McPeek. Texts edited and transcribed by Robert White Linker.
London: Oxford University Press, 1963. 4to. vii, 108pp. Cloth, publisher's printed dust-jacket. £25

801. CHURCH MUSIC: Early English Harmony from the 10th to the 15th Century. Illustrated by Facsimiles of Mss., with a translation into modern musical notation. Edited by H.E. Wooldridge. Vol.I, Facsimiles [and] Vol.II, Transcriptions and Notes.
London: Published by Bernard Quaritch / The Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society, 1897, 1913. Two volumes. Folio. Red cloth (a little worn, but mainly stained and splashed). Vol.I - Limited edition, no.19 of 350 copies. £75

806. CHURCH MUSIC - FROST, William Alfred: Early Recollections of St. Paul's Cathedral: a piece of Autobiography. With a Preface by W.R. Inge.
London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., [1926]. 12mo. 96pp. Cloth. Frontispiece portrait. Untrimmed. With recollections of Stainer, Goss, Ouseley and others. £15

807. CHURCH MUSIC - JULIAN, John (editor): A Dictionary of Hymnology, setting forth the Origin and History of Christian Hymns of all ages and nations. With special reference to those contained in the hymn books of English-speaking countries, and now in common use; together with biographical and critical notices of their authors and translators, &c, &c.
London: John Murray, 1892. 8vo. xii, 1616pp. Publisher's cloth (front hinge weak). £70

808. CHURCH MUSIC - LONG, Kenneth R.: The Music of the English Church.
London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1971]. Pl.no.340149620. 8vo. 480pp. Publisher's hardback with dust-jacket. Music examples. £70

809. CHURCH MUSIC: Early Tudor Masses, II. Transcribed and edited by John D. Bergsagel.
London: Stainer and Bell, [1976]. Early English Church Music, 16. 8vo. xv, 211pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. As new. £30

812. CHURCH MUSIC: Cathedral Music, being a Collection in Score of the Most valuable & useful Compositions for that Service by the Several English Masters of the Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries, Selected by Samuel Arnold. A New Edition, edited with an accompaniment for the Organ by E.F. Rimbault. Vol.I [-III. Score].
London: D'Almaine & Co., 1843. Three volumes. Large folio. Calf (worn and rubbed) rebacked. With List of Subscribers. Ex library with bookplate and discreet stamp; from the library of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, ownership insignia on covers. Some foxing. BLIC copy with date of 1847. Engraved. £400

813. CHURCH MUSIC - FRERE, Howard Walter: The Sarum Gradual and the Gregorian Antiphonale Missarum: a dissertation and an historical index, With Four Facsimiles. Extracted from Graduale Sarisburiense. Published for Members of the Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society.
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1895. Folio. cii pp. Red cloth (head of backstrip slightly worn, a little bumped and faded). Limited edition, no.63 of 300 copies. £65

814. CHURCH MUSIC - FRERE, Howard Walter: The Sarum Gradual and the Gregorian Antiphonale Missarum: a dissertation and an historical index, With Four Facsimiles. Extracted from Graduale Sarisburiense. Published for Members of the Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society.
London: Bernard Quaritch, 1895. Folio. cii pp. Red cloth (head of front free end-paper excised). Limited edition, no.21 of 300 copies. £65

815. CHURCH MUSIC - OUSELEY, Frederick Arthur Gore (1825-1889) (editor): Cathedral Services, set to music by English Masters, Edited and the Organ part added by the Revd. Sir Frederick A.G. Ouseley. [Score].
London: J. Alfred Novello / Sacred Music Warehouse, [1853]. Folio. [i (title)], vii (preface, list of subscribers, biographical notices), [i (index)], pp.248-477. Reverse calf with leather labels. Ex library with bookplate and discreet stamp. A used copy, the opening pages well thumbed, index lacking lower edge and with a few performance marking else a good copy in a nice binding. Includes works by Farrant, Aldr £145

831. COATES, Eric: Eight Movements from the Famous Suites (Oxford Street, from London again - A song by the way, from From Meadow to Mayfair - Fresh morning, from Springtime - Eastwards, from Four ways - At the dance, from Summer days - The man about town, from The three me
London: Chappell & Co., [1940]. Pl.no.34219. Chappell Popular Albums Folio. 38pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. £6

856. COLLINS, John: The Chapter of Kings. A celebrated Historical Song, Written, and Sung, with universal applause, by Mr. Collins, Author of the Brush, and by Mr. Dignum at the Je ne seai [sic] quoi Clubb. ['The Romans in England'].
[London]: Printed by Longman and Broderip, [1795?]. Folio. 4pp. Disbound (inner edges reinforced with paper tape). Drop title. With tune for Flute or Guitar at the end. Engraved. A humorous song of nine verses with one line on each of the monarchs up to George III. RISM A/I/2 and A/I/11 C 3416, citing three copies only, none in GB. BUC p.897. £40

878. COPRARIO, Giovanni (ca.1570-1626?): Rules how to Compose. A Facsimile edition of a manuscript from the library of the Earl of Bridgewater (circa 1600) now in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California, with an introduction by Manfred F. Bukofzer.
Los Angeles: Ernest E. Gottlieb, 1952. Folio. [ii], 20pp., 40ff. Limp card wrappers (edges a little faded) with hand-made paper. Limited edition, being one of only three hundred copies. £350

882. CORELLI, Arcangelo (1653-1713): XII Solos for a Violin with a thorough bass for the harpsicord or violoncello, Opera Quinta. [Score].
London: Printed for and sold by I. Walsh, [ca.1740]. Folio. [i (title)], 68pp. Quarter calf (head and foot worn) with original limp marbled boards. Edges of title worn and brown spot on final page, lacking the portriat frontispiece; ex library with bookplate and stamps. Engraved. RISM A/I/2 and A/I/11 C 3827. BUC p.221. £75

883. CORELLI, Arcangelo (1653-1713): The Score of the Four Operas Containing 48 Sonatas … For two Violins and a Bass … These Compositions as they are now Printed in Score, are of great advantage to all Students, and Practitioners in Musick, they also make compleat Lessons for the Harpsicord. The whole Revis'd and Carefully Corrected By Dr. Pepusch. Vol.I [and II].
London: Printed for & sold by I. Walsh, [1735]. Pl.no.550, 551. Two volumes. [iii (frontispiece portrait, title)], 44, 34, 54, 43; [iii (frontispiece portrait, title)], 171pp. Reverse half calf (rubbed). Ex library with discreet label, bookplate and stamp. A good almost unused set with the frontispiece by van der Gucht after Howard. Engraved. RISM A/I/2 and A/I/11 C 3798. BUC p.216. Smith & Humphries no.402. £300

887. COSTA, Michael (1808-1884): Naaman, An Oratorio. First Performed at the Birmingham Musical Festival, Sepr. 7th. 1864. The Words selected & written by William Bartholomew. The Music Composed and by the most Gracious Permission of Her Majesty dedicated to the memory of the Prince C
London: Addison & Lucas, [1866]. Pl.no.A&L6110. Folio. [i (title)], 4 (List of Subscribers), 6 (argument, libretto, [i (contents)], 209pp. Cloth (backstrip mostly worn away). Ex library with stamps to fly-leaf and title. First edition. £25

888. COSTA, Michael (1808-1884): Naaman, An Oratorio. First Performed at the Birmingham Musical Festival, Sepr. 7th. 1864. The Words selected & written by William Bartholomew. The Music Composed and by the most Gracious Permission of Her Majesty dedicated to the memory of the Prince C
London: Addison & Co., [1866?]. 4to. [iii (title, index)], 218pp. Embossed cloth (faded at edges and backstrip worn) with gilt lettering to the front. £25

904. CRAMER, Johann Baptist (1771-1858): Cramer's Grand March, For the Piano Forte, with or Without the Additional Notes.
London: Printed & Sold by Rt. Birchall, [wm1797]. Folio. 7pp. Disbound. Engraved. This single arrangement not in RISM, BUC or BLIC. £20

912. CROFT, William (1678-1727): A New Edition of Thirty Select Anthems, in Score, For Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven & Eight Voices. To which is added the Burial Service, as it is occasionally performed in Westminster Abbey. Vol.I [Musica Sacra].
London: Printed & Sold by R. Mills, [ca.1835]. Folio. [iii (title, contents)], 184pp. Tooled reverse calf (edges worn, backstrip reinforced at head and foot with vellum). Lower portion of title torn and, along with contents page, reinforced. Some occasional foxing. Ex library with discreet label and stamp; from the library of St George' £95

916. CROSSE, Gordon (1937-): Autograph letter, signed, to Roderick Brydon.
Wenhaston: , April 13th [1977?]. 297 x 209mm. Single sheet of white paper (creased where enveloped). Autograph letter signed, in ink, about reworking one of his pieces (Dreamsongs), for the anniversary of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, as a tribute to Britten, discussing dates for performances, and £45

917. CROSSE, Gordon (1937-): Autograph letter, signed, to Roderick Brydon.
Wenhaston: , June 4th [1981?]. 229 x 150mm. Single sheet of white paper (creased where enveloped). Autograph letter signed, in ink, about preparing a new ballet for Macmillan [Kenneth (1929-1992)] which includes rescoring a chamber piece and doing a piano score, which is for the American Ballet Th £35

919. CROSSE, Gordon (1937-): Potter Thompson, a music drama in one act. Libretto by Alan Garner.
London: , ca.1990]. Small 8vo. [viii]pp. Printed programme of performances given by the Finchley Children's Music Group. Signed, in Biro, across the first page by the composer. £10

920. CROTCH, William (1775-1847): Palestine, A Sacred Oratorio. The Voice parts in Score, the instrumental adapted For the Piano Forte. The Words by the Revd. Reginald Heber.
London: To be had of the Author, [ca.1820]. Folio. [iv (title, contents)], 177pp. Original half calf (rubbed and foot of backstrip a little torn) with marbled boards. Ex library with label and stamp to preliminaries. Engraved. £75

924. CUI, César Antonovich (1835-1918): Autograph letter to Heugel the publisher.
[S.l.]: , 14. Avril [18]91. 8vo. 209 x 131mm. [1]f. Single sheet of white paper (with two horizontal folds). Autograph letter signed, in black ink, to the French music publisher Heugel: Colonne has had a real success in St Petersburg. Cui has met him and his wife and shown them some of his music and he h £200

925. CUI, César Antonovich (1835-1918): Angelo. Oper in vier Acten. Deutsche Uebersetzung von F. Arnold. Das Sujet ist dem Drama gleichen Namen v. V. Hugo entlehnt. Vollständiger Clavierauszug. [Russian and German text].
St. Petersburg: bei B. Bessel & Co., [1876]. Pl.no.634-664. Folio. [i (title)], 349pp. Modern half morocco with marbled boards, publisher's original printed wrappers bound in (edges worn). The composer's copy with the Russian text to p.238 pasted over with a French translation in pencil by him but inked over in another hand; from p.239 it First edition. OCLC records two copies only of this edition (both at Harvard); other copies noted have 336pp. £650

1014. DEBUSSY, Claude (1862-1918): Le Martyre de Saint-Sébastien. Mystère en cinq actes. De Gabriele d'Annunzio. Partition pour Chant et Piano: transcription par André Caplet.
Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1911. Pl.no.D&F8171. Large 4to. [v], 104pp. Publisher's cream printed wrappers (backstrip worn with a piece missing), in tissue wrapper. Title printed in red and black. Some of the features which distinguish this from later issues are: the printer named on the title-page and last page of music is First edition, earliest issue. £225

1082. DIBDIN, Charles (1745-1814): Mounseer Nongtongpaw, written & composed by Mr. Dibdin, and Sung by him in his New Entertainment called The General Election. ['John Bull for pastime took'].
London: Printed & Sold by the Author, [1796?]. Folio. 4pp. Disbound. Drop title. With tune for two flutes at the end. With the author's signature, in ink, at the foot of p.2. Engraved. RISM A/I/2 and A/I/11 D 2375. BUC p.274. £20

1083. DIBDIN, Charles (1745-1814): The Soldier's Adieu, written & composed By Mr. Dibdin for his entertainment called The Wags or The Camp of Pleasure. ['Adieu my only life'].
London: Printed & Sold by the Author, [1790]. Folio. 4pp. Disbound. Drop title. With tune for two flutes at the end. With the author's signature, in ink, at the foot of p.2. Engraved. Second issue. RISM A/I/2 and A/I/11 D 2805. BUC p.279. £20

1084. DIBDIN, Charles (1745-1814): The Padlock. A Comic Opera, as it is Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. The Words by the Author of the Maid of the Mill, &c. &c. [I. Bickerstaffe]. [Vocal score].
London: Printed for the Author and Sold by J. Johnston, [1768]. Three volumes in one. Oblong folio. [i (title)], 41; [i (title)], 37; [i (title)], 42pp. Stiff marbled wrappers (worn and creased). Decorative title-page with small brown mark at lower margin. Engraved. Bound with The Rival Candidates. A Comic Opera, as it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, Composed by T. Carter [Words by H. RISM A/I/2 and A/I/11 D 2557. BUC p.276. £200

1085. DIBDIN, Charles (1745-1814): True Courage. Written & composed by Mr. Dibdin, and Sung by him in his New Entertainment called A Tour to the Land's End. ['Why what's that to you'].
London: Printed & Sold by the Author, [ca.1800]. Folio. 4pp. Disbound. Creased. Drop title. With arrangement for two flutes on p.4. Signed by the composer at the end. Engraved. RISM A/I/2 and A/I/11 D 2742. BUC p.278. £10

1086. DIBDIN, Charles (1745-1814): Yo heave ho. Written & composed by Mr. Dibdin, and Sung by him in his New Entertainment called A Tour to the Land's End. ['My name d'ye see's Tom Tough'].
London: Printed & Sold by the Author, [wm1799]. Folio. 4pp. Disbound. Some foxing. Drop title. With arrangement for two flutes on p.4. Signed by the composer at the end. Engraved. RISM A/I/2 and A/I/11 D 2746. BUC p.278. £10

1087. DIBDIN, Charles (1745-1814): The Musical Tour … in which, previous to his embarkation for India, he finished his career as A Public Character.
Sheffield: Printed for the Author by J. Gales, 1788. 4to. [iii (title, advertisement)], iv (list of subscribers), 443pp. + seven songs on varying numbers of pages throughout the volume. Half leather with marbled boards. Title detached and dusty (corners a little worn). Handsome binding. £350

1091. DIXON, William (ca.1760-1825): A New Anthem, In Score, Proper for a general Fast. Composed and by her Royal Highness's gracious permission most humbly dedicated to the Dutchess of York. ['Turn thou us, O good Lord', taken from the Commination for the first Day of Lent and the 13th. Chapter of Hebrews. For SATB and basso].
London: Engrav'd and Printed by the Author, [ca.1795]. Folio. [i (title)], 9pp., separated. Disbound. Generally water-stained and a little foxed. Arranged on pp.7-9 for a single voice and harpsichord. Engraved. Humphries & Smith "Music Publishing", pp.133-134. RISM A/I/2 D 3296 and BUC p.286 citing just the one copy (in the BL). £45

1112. DONIACH, Shula: Voices of Jerusalem. Six Songs for Soprano, Baritone, String Quartet, Oboe and Piano. Vocal score. [English and Hebrew text].
London: Elkin & Co., [1950]. Pl.no.E&Co2176. Folio. 31pp. Wrappers (detached and with traces of sellotape). Previously folded vertically. Inscribed and signed, in ink, by the composer at the head of the title-page. £10

1113. DONIZETTI, Gaetano (1797-1848): Lucrezia Borgia, An Opera in Two Acts. As represented at the London Italian Opera House. With an English Version and the Music of the Principal Airs. [Libretto, with airs].
London: The Music-Publishing Compant, [1862]. Davidson's Musical Libretto Books 4to. 24pp. Wrappers (generally foxed, foot of backstrip sellotaped around and back slightly torn at head). With performers list for 1862 at Her Majesty's Theatre including Tietjens (1831-1887). £25

1122. DONIZETTI, Gaetano (1797-1848): Autograph letter signed, in Italian to Domenico Barbaja (1778?-1841).
Roma: , 1 Settembre, 1829. 4to. [2]ff. 272 x 195mm. Written on one and a half pages with integral address panel, traces of wax seal. Barbaja is wrong to approach him for disregarding his orders, and Donizetti once again asks for his indulgence. 'The fact is that I can earn a little money staging the oper Apparently unpublished: not in Zavadini or Studi Donizettiani, I. £900

1127. DOWLAND, Robert (1591?-1641): Varietie of Lute - Lessons. A lithographic facsimile of the original edition of 1610, with an Introduction, and a Note on the Lute and Lute Tablature by Edgar Hunt.
London: Schott and Co., 1958. Edition Schott 10441. Tall 4to. viii, 72pp. Publisher's printed boards with cloth backstrip. £20

1128. DOWN, Thomas John - HUGHES, H.P.: Mr. T.J. Down's Bands. A Short History of the origin and development of the Orchestra and Military Band. Together with a Biography of the late Mr. T.J. Down.
Warrington: Percival Pearse, 1905. 8vo. [vii], 144pp. Cloth (very rubbed). Frontispiece. Inscribed by relations of Down £25

1135. DUFAY, Guillaume (ca.1400-1474): Dufay and his Contemporaries. Fifty Compositions (ranging from about A.D. 1400 to 1440), transcribed from MS. Canonici misc.213, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, by J.F.R. Stainer and C. Stainer.
London / New York: Novello and Company / Novello, Ewer and Co., 1898. Early Bodleian Music Folio. xix pp. introduction by E.W.B. Nicholson, [viii ff. of facsimiles (first one detached)], 208pp. including critical analysis of the music by Sir John Stainer. Cream cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, t.e.g. Some marginal pencil markings. £140

1159. DUSSEK, Jan Ladislav (1760-1812): Dussek's Grand Concerto, As Performed at Mr. Salomon's, and at the Professional Concerts. Composed for the Piano Forte, with or witht. additional Keys, and Accompaniments for 2 Violins, 2 Flutes, 2 French Horns, Tenor & Bass. Dedicated to Miss Cornelia
London: Published by J. Balls, [wm1823]. 7 parts (wind printed in pairs). Folio. Folded. Keyboard part sewn, with cloth tape along backstrip. Wind parts laid on thin cloth. The title of the work gives flutes but the printed part is for oboes. This edition not cited in Craw. £120

1194. EASTON, Michael (1954-): The Snow Queen. An Opera for Children. Based on the story of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. [Vocal score].
Mordialloc, Victoria: Music Aid, 1986. 4to. 88pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. £13

1210. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY - BURDEN, Michael and CHOLIJ, Irena (editors): A Handbook for Studies in 18th-Century English Music, IV.
Edinburgh: Burden & Cholij, 1993. Pl.no.95127855X. 8vo. 54pp. Publisher's printed pictorial wrappers. Contains: "Researching English Dance of the first half of the 18th-Century: a bibliography and commentary" by Sarah McCleave and "Domenico Dragonetti and the Double Bass in London at the turn of the 18th Century" Fiona M. Palmer. £6.50

1211. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY - BURDEN, Michael and CHOLIJ, Irena (editors): A Handbook for Studies in 18th-Century English Music, V.
Oxford: Burden & Cholij, 1996. Pl.no.951278576. 8vo. 40pp. Publisher's printed pictorial wrappers. Contains: "Eighteenth-Century Material in the Music Section of the Barber Fine Art and Music Library, the University of Birmingham" by Ian Ledsham, "The Shaw-Hellier Collection" by Percy M. Young and "The English Oratorio after Handel" by Eva Zöllner. £6.50

1223. EINEM, Gottfried von (1918-1996): Sketch for work for clarinet solo, with autograph letter signed.
Vienna: 3.III.93 and 29.3.93. Oblong 4to. 216 x 275mm. Single sheet. Letter: 148 c 198mm. Single sheets as produced. Sketchleaf for a projected work for clarinet solo with a letter enclosing the sketchleaf to Robert Posonby. Autograph manuscript, in pencil, on 12-stave paper with autograph letter signed, in ink; both items signed and dated. £120

1251. ELGAR, Edward (1857-1934): In Moonlight, Song. The Words by Shelley, adapted to the Canto Popolare from the Concert-Overture "In the South". [No.1 in G].
London: Novello & Co., 1904. Pl.no.11973. 4to. 7pp. Sewn in publisher's printed wrappers (almost separated, a litle dusty and edgs a trifle thumbed). Inscribed to the tenor Ben Davies (1858-1943) and signed, in ink, by the composer at the head of the title. £350

1252. ELGAR, Edward (1857-1934): Falstaff. Symphonic-Study in C minor with two interludes in A minor, for Full Orchestra, Op.68.
London: Novello and Company, 1913. Pl.no.13934. Large folio. [iii (title, note)], 147pp. Publisher's printed boards (spotted) with cloth backstrip (head torn), front hinge weak. Head of final page a little torn and reinforced otherwise a good wide-margined copy. Inscribed to Maurice Blower, in ink, on the flyleaf "presented to him by Messrs £40

1263. ELIAS, Brian (b.1948): Five Songs to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya, for Mezzo Soprano & Orchestra. Cover design & five etchings by Andreas Vogt, and etchings of the poems in her own hand by Irina Ratushinskaya. [Facsimile full score].
London: Privately Printed, 1991. Large folio. [12ff. (half-title, title, poetry)], 128pp., [4ff. (first performance/introduction, orchestration, biographies, edition information)]. Coloured pictorial front board, with plain back and cloth backstrip, in slipcase. Signed, in pencil, by the composer, poet and artist at the end. Five Songs was commissioned by the BBC and first performed at the Royal Festival Hall on 23rd April, 1989. Limited Edition no.7 of 35 copies, on Zerkall paper. £795

1271. ELRINGTON, William: The Favorite Troop, Composed for the Band of His Royal Highness The Duke of York. Arranged for the Harpsichord or Piano Forte.
London: Printed for the Author & Sold by Preston & Son, [ca.1795]. Folio. [2]ff. Disbound (outer fold reinforced with paper tape). Drop title. With tune for German Flute or Clarinet at the end. Engraved. RISM A/I/2 and A/I/11 E 649. BUC p.316. £25

1275. ENGLAND - NETTEL, Reginald: Music in the Five Towns, 1840-1914. A Study of the Social Influence of Music in an Industrial District. With a Preface by Frank Howes.
London: Oxford University Press, 1944. 8vo. x, 120pp. Cloth (a little stained). £6

1276. ENGLAND - SCHOLES, Percy A.: The Mirror of Music, 1844-1944. A Century of Musical Life in Britain as reflected in the pages of the Musical Times.
London: Novello & Company, 1947. Two volumes. xix, 523; xvii, 527-964pp. Cloth (rubbed and a little stained). Plates. £25

1277. ENGLAND - WALKER, Ernest: A History of Music in England. Second edition.
London: Oxford University Press, 1924. 8vo. viii, 386pp. Cloth (rubbed and scuffed). £9.5

1279. ENGLAND - CLARK, Richard: An Account of the National Anthem entitled God Save the King!, with authorities taken from Sion College Library, the Ancient Records of the Merchant Tailors' Company, the Old Checque-Book of His Majesty's Chapel, &c. &c. &c.
London: Printed for W. Wright, 1822. 8vo. xxviii (half-title, title, list of subscribers, dedication, introduction), 208pp. Disbound (half-title worn around edges and foxed). Plates of portraits and music examples. £85

1280. ENGLAND - CROXALL, S.: The Antiquity, Dignity and Advantages of Music. A Sermon, Preached in the Cathedral Church of Hereford, September 2, 1741. At the Anniversary Meeting of the Choirs of Worcester, Gloucester and Hereford, And publish'd at their Joint Request.
London: Printed for and Sold by J. Watts, 1741. Small 8vo. 29pp. + [iii ("just published")]. Disbound (title almost detached). RISM B/VI/1 p.245 citing one copy only (in the USA). £350

1288. ENGLAND: Two Hundred and Fifty Years of the Three Choirs Festival. A Commemoration in words and pictures. Edited by Barry Still.
[Gloucester]: The Three Choirs Association, 1977. 4to. 67pp. Publisher's printed pictorial wrappers. Illustrated throughout. £8

1301. ESSEX, Timothy: A Grand March. Composed for and Dedicated to Sir John De La Pole, and adapted for the Piano Forte. [Full score and piano arrangement].
London: Printed for the Author … and to be had at Messrs. Longman & Broderip's, [wm1797]. Folio. 4pp. Disbound. Drop title. Few pencil fingerings. "From Op.1ma" at the foot of p.1. Initialled, in ink, by the composer. Engraved. RISM A/I/2 E 878, citing four copies only. BUC p.320. £30

1302. ESSEX, Timothy: The Quick Step of The Royal Westminster Volunteers, as it is Performed by theirs and his Royal Highness the Duke of York's Band, and Adapted for the Piano Forte. Dedicated to Liut. Coll. Birch, and the rest of the Officers and Brother Soldiers of the Corps. [Full score].
London: Printed for the Composer by Messrs. Longman & Broderip [etc.], [wm1797]. Folio. 4pp. Disbound. Drop title. With "Essex's Marches, Op.1ma" at the foot of p.2. Initialled, in ink, by the composer. Engraved. RISM A/I/2 E 874 and BUC p.320 citing two copies only. £40

1303. ESSEX, Timothy: The Royal Westminster Volunteers March. [As it is performed by His Royal Higness the Duke of York's Band. Full score and for the piano].
[London: Printed for the Composer & Sold by Messrs. Longman, Broderip [etc.], wm1797]. Folio. 4pp. Disbound. Drop title. Few pencil fingerings. P.1 is blank and appears to lack title. Engraved. RISM A/I/2 E 873, citing three copies only. BUC p.320. £30

1304. ESSEX, Timothy: The Angus Fencibles March and Quick Step. Dedicated to Col. Douglas. [Full score and piano arrangement].
London: Printed for the Composer, to be had at the Music Shops, [wm1797]. Folio. 3pp. Disbound. Drop title. Few pencilled fingerings. With tune for fifes at foot of p.3. Engraved. RISM A/I/2 E 872, citing three copies only. BUC p.320. £30

1358. FENBY, Eric (1906-1997): Autograph letter, signed, to Roderick Brydon.
Great Glemham: Sept. 29 / October 4, 1992. 210 x 148mm. 3ff. White paper. Autograph letter, in torquoise ink, written in two parts: the first recommending the bass-baritone Njal Sparbo who might make an excellent Billy Budd; the second about plans for holidays and possible meetings. Fenby was an extensive writer £25

1359. FERGUS, John: A Voluntary & Fugue, for the Organ or Piano Forte ... Performed at the first Public Meeting of the Sacred Music Institution in Glasgow, Op.X. By John Fergus, Organist, Glasgow.
London: Printed by Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co., [wm1822]. Small folio. [i (title)], 9pp. Disbound. Engraved. OCLC records no copies. £50

1385. FITZWILLIAM: The Fitzwilliam Music, being A Collection of Sacred Pieces, Selected from Manuscripts of Italian Composers in the Fitzwilliam Museum. Now for the first time published by permission of the University of Cambidge by Vincent Novello. Vol.I [-5. Scores].
London: Published for the Editor, [1825]. Five volumes. Large folio. vii, [i], 61; [i], 68; [i], 65; [i], 67; [i], 67, 3 (List of Subscribers) pp. Original publisher's printed boards (edges a little worn and corners bumped) with cloth tape backstrips. Ex library with discreet labels and stamps; occasional foxing. Superb internally. Engraved. First edition. Hirsch IV.967. £300

1402. FOSS, Lukas (b.1922): Photograph, signed and inscribed with musical quotation.
[S.l.]: 10 Dezember, 1999. 152 x 101mm. Gloss colour photograph of the composer, conductor and pianist, at a piano on stage. Inscribed and signed, in Biro, to Kul Geyer with musical quotation of three chords in treble clef. £35

1429. FRASER, Norman George: Médaillon retrouvé, for piano.
London: Augener, [1935]. Pl.no.17554. Large 4to. 3pp. Folded as issued. Inscribed, in German, and signed "Norman", in ink at the head of the music. First edition. £15

1430. FRAZER, Alexander R.: Pair of moulded resin partial reliefs of Beethoven and Mozart.
[London]: [1914]. 2 pieces. 158mm. in diameter. Mozart facing to the left and Beethoven to the right; with foliage bordering including berries picked out in gilt. Fraser exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1914. £50

1439. FRICKER, Peter Racine (1920-1990): Autograph letter signed to Andrew Lunn.
Santa Barbara: December 16, 1987. 266 x 184mm. White paper (folded where previously enveloped). Autograph letter on headed note-paper, in ink, signed, in response to a request for a photograph. Fricker writes that he is not interested in pop music because of the lack of melodic and harmonic inventio £45

1460. GALLIARD, Johann Ernest (ca.1675-1747): The Morning Hymn, taken from the fifth Book of Milton's Paradise Lost. The Overture, Accompanyments & Chorusses added by Benjamin Cooke. [Full score].
London: Printed by Welcker, [1773]. Folio. [iii (title, dedication to the Academy of Ancient Music)], 70pp. Modern half calf with marbled boards. Ink splash on pp.24 and 25 mainly marginal. Signed by Cooke, at the foot of p.1, who was conductor of the Academy between 1752-1789. Engraved. First edition of this arrangement. RISM A/I/3 G 231. BUC p.358. £480

1470. GARDINER, William (1769-1853): Autograph letter signed to Mr J. Pearson [of Nottingham]; with copies of two letters to the Earl of Moira [Nov 1, 1811 and Novr. 18, 1811] incorporating the recipient's reply, seemingly in a different hand.
Leicester: Mar 12, 1812. 230 x 185mm. [2, 2, 2]ff. Sheets of white paper folded (where previously posted) with traces of wax seal; two items have inner edge with traces of blue paper from mounting and the copy of the early letter is worn at the folds. Autograph letter signed, in ink, regarding his latest £75

1471. GARTH, John (1722?-ca.1810); EBDON, Thomas (1738-1822); NOFERI, Giovanni Battista (d.1782); HUMBLE, Maximilian; ANDROUX, Giovanni Giacomo: Six Sonata’s for the Harpsichord, Piano Forte, and Organ; with Accompanyments for two Violins, and a Violoncello, Opera Seconda. London: Printed for the Author and Sold by R. Bremner [and others], 1768. [i (title)], 2 (list of subscribers), 29; [i (title)], 13; [i (title)], 13; [i (title)], 13pp. First edition. RISM A/I/3 and A/I/12 G 434, most cited copies are incomplete. BUC p.361. BLIC with keyboard part only.; [with] GARTH, John (1722?-ca.1810): A second Sett of Six Sonata’s for the Harpsichord, Piano Forle [sic] and Organ; with Accompanyments for two Violins and a Violoncello, Opera IV. London: Printed by Welcker, [1772]. [i (title)], 25; [i (title)], 10; [i (title)], 10; [i (title)], 10pp. First edition. RISM A/I/3 and A/I/12 G 440, citing only seven copies (of which two are incomplete). BUC p.361.; [with] GARTH, John (1722?-ca.1810): A Third Set of Six Sonatas for the Harpsichord, Piano Forte, and Organ with Accompanyments for two Violins, and a Violoncello, Op.V. Humbly Dedicated to The Right Honble. Lady Melbourne. London: Printed and Sold by Welcker, [1775?]. [i (title)], 25; [i (title)], 7; [i (title)], 7; [i (title)], 7pp. First edition. RISM A/I/3 and A/I/12 G 441, citing only six copies (of which four are incomplete). Not in BUC.; [with] EBDON, Thomas (1738-1822): Six Sonata’s for the Harpsichord, Piano Forte and Organ, with accompaniments for two Violins and a Violoncello. Humbly Dedicated to the Honble. and Revd. Spencer Cowper, D.D. Dean of Durham. [London]: Printed for the Author, and Sold by Mr. Welcker, [1765?]. [iv (title, list of subscribers)], 27; [i (title)], 9; [i (title)], 9; [i (title)], 9pp. Decorative title-pages. Keyboard part with 2pp. list of subscribers including manuscript additions. First edition. RISM A/I/2 E 39, citing only two copies. BUC p.306.; [with] NOFERI, Giovanni Battista (d.1782): Six Trios, for two Violins with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsichord, Op: XIII. Humbly Dedicated to Sr. Ralph Milbanke Bart. London: Printed for the Author & Sold by W. Napier, [1772]. [i (title)], 13; [i (title)], 13; [i (title)], 13pp. First edition. RISM A/I/6 N 758, citing only five copies. BUC p.733.; [with] HUMBLE, Maximilian: A third Sett of Six Sonatas for two Violins and a Thorough Bass. London: Printed by Welcker, [1772?]. [i (title)], 13; [i (title)], 13; [i (title)], 10pp. First edition. RISM A/I/4 H 7876, citing only five copies. BUC p.515.; [and] ANDROUX, Giovanni Giacomo: Six Trios for Two German Flutes or Two Violins, With a Thorough Bass for the Harpsicord. London: Publish’d & sold by George Terry, one of His Majestys Musicians in Ordinary [ca.1760]. [i (title)], 13; [i (title)], 13; [i (title)], 13pp. Decorative bordered title-pages. First edition. RISM A/I/1 and A/I/11 A 1077, citing only eight copies. BUC p.31.
: . Four partbooks. Original half leather with marbled boards (a little rubbed and worn). Back joint of keyboard part and backstrip of secondo part cracked. Gilt decorated leather labels to front boards. Excellent condition. Engraved. £1500

1477. GAY, John (1685-1732) - HANDLEY-TAYLOR, Geoffrey and BARKER, Frank Granville: Ninth Music Book, containing John Gay and the Ballad Opera. With a Prologue by Sir A.P. Herbert and an Appreciation by John Drinkwater. Compiled and edited by Max Hinrichsen.
London: Hinrichsen Edition, 1956. 8vo. Cloth, printed dust-jacket. Profusely illustrated. Inscribed and signed by Handley-Taylor. £9

1478. GAY, John (1685-1732) - HANDLEY-TAYLOR, Geoffrey and BARKER, Frank Granville: Ninth Music Book, containing John Gay and the Ballad Opera. With a Prologue by Sir A.P. Herbert and an Appreciation by John Drinkwater. Compiled and edited by Max Hinrichsen.
London: Hinrichsen Edition, 1956. 8vo. Cloth. Profusely illustrated. £8

1480. GAY, John (1685-1732) - PEARCE, Charles E.: "Polly Peachum", being the story of Lavinia Fenton and "The Beggar's Opera". With a photogravure plate and 46 illustrations, including many from the collection of Mr. A.M. Broadley.
London: Stanley Paul & Co., 1913. 8vo. xvi, 382pp. Cloth (head and foot of backstrip a little worn). £20

1486. GEORGE II (1683-1760), King of England: Manuscript document, signed by the King.
[London]: Nineteenth day of June, 1752. 245 x 341mm. In simple double mount. Manuscript document, in ink in a secretarial hand, appointing Richard Ward, a gentleman cornet player, to General Bland's Regiment of Dragoons; with the the signature of Thomas Pelham-Holles (1693-1768, Duke of Newcastle), Edward £275

1508. GIARDINI, Felice (1716-1796): Six Quartetto's, for Two Violins, a Tenor, & Violoncello Obligato. Composed and Dedicated To the Right Honourable the Earl of Aylesford, Opera 22.
London: Printed & Sold by Thos. Preston, [?between 1810-1822]. Four volumes. Folio. Each: [i (title)], 13pp. Disbound. From the plates of the Blundell edition of 1779. Engraved. This imprint not in RISM. £90

1560. [GOD]: God save the King, as Sung by Sigra. Banti, at the King's Theatre Haymarket. For the Commemoration of Lord Howes Victory of the 1st. June 1794.
London / Edinburgh: Publish'd by Corri, Dussek & Co., [ca.1800]. Folio. 2ff. Disbound. Drop title. Engraved. Not in RISM or BUC. £35

1620. GRAY, CECIL (1895-1951): The Temptation of St. Anthony. Translated and Adapted from the Original of Gustave Flaubert and set to Music for Twelve Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra. [Facsimile of the composer’s autograph vocal score].
[London: Chappell & Co., MCMLIV]. Pl.no.41832. Large 4to. [iv (title, notes)], 195pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. £24

1621. GRAY, CECIL (1895-1951): The Temptation of St. Anthony. Translated and Adapted from the Original of Gustave Flaubert and set to Music for Twelve Soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra. [Facsimile of the composer’s autograph vocal score].
[London: Chappell & Co., MCMLIV]. Pl.no.41832. Large 4to. [iv (title, notes)], 195pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. Ex library with labels and stamps to title and front wrapper. £15

1626. GRECO, José (1918-2000): Programme for José Greco and his Company of Spanish Dancers in their first public appearance in England.
[London]: Sadler's Wells, [1951]. 12mo. [8]pp. Portrait covers. Signed across, in ink, by Greco and on p.[3]; also with signature of Luis Olivares. £15

1627. GREENE, Maurice (1696-1755): A Collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord.
London: Printed for John Johnson, [1750]. Oblong folio. [i (title)], 73pp. Original reverse half calf (hinges and lower corners a little rubbed) with marbled boards. Decoratively bordered title-page. Beautifully crisp copy with wide margins and without any imperfections. With the ownership signature of Ralph Leycester who was First edition. RISM A/I/3 and A/I/12 G 3796. BUC p.399. £650

1635. GRIFFIN, George Eugene (1781-1863): Ode to Charity. Inscribed to The Institutors and Supporters of The Patriotic Fund, Op.3. [Vocal score].
London: Printed for the Author by Clementi & Compy., [1806?]. Folio. [iv (title, list of subscribers)], 80pp. Disbound. Initialled, in ink, by the composer at the foot of the title. Engraved. £85

1688. HANDEL, George Frederic (1685-1759): Manuscripts of vocal solos and duets from oratorios and operas, (including some items by Haydn, Mozart, Callcott "Angel of Life", Spohr, Gluck, Rossini, Beethoven, Jomelli, Hasse, Clari and Neukomm "The Sea") in the hand of William J. Taylor.
[London]: [between 1832-34]. Small folio. 2 books. "Vol.3": 179pp.; unnumbered volume: 192pp. Both volumes with index written on back fly-leaf and end-paper. 12-stave paper, mainly in four systems of three staves (vocal line with orchestral reduction and figured bass) though also Leather (worn), with gilt lettering ("Bass / Songs / MSS / Handel" to vol.3) and decoration to the backstrip (partly missing from vol.3 and entirely missing from the other volume), and "W.J. Taylor" to both front boards. With the signature and autograph £200

1691. HANDEL, George Frederick (1685-1759) and others: [Love in a Village, A Comic Opera, As it is Perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. For the Harpsicord, Voice, German Flute, or Violin. Book I and II].
[London: J. Walsh, 1763]. Oblong folio. 62pp. (lacking title and pp.51/52). Disbound. Pp.4 and 62 a little stained. Engraved. RISM B/II p.226. BUC p.630. £30

1693. HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759): Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Musick. An Ode, Wrote in Honour of St. Cecilia By Mr. Dryden. With the Recitativo's, Songs, Symphonys and Chorus's for Voices & Instruments. [Full score].
London: Printed for I. Walsh, [ca.1750]. Pl.no.634. Folio. [i (title)], 158pp. Blind-stamped original reverse sheep (head and foot of backstrip reinforced with a little calf). With the ownership signature, on the inside of the front board, of Ralph Leycester who was one of the subscriber's to A Pocket Companion for Gentlemen and La Smith2 no.6 (p.91). RISM A/I/4 and A/I/12 H 994 . BUC p.432. Hirsch IV.755. £600

1697. HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759): Anthems for the Coronation of King George II. [Edited by William Crotch. Score].
London: Printed for the Members of the Handel Society, by Cramer, Beale & Co., 1844. Folio. [iii], v, [ii], 141pp. Cloth (faded and a little worn). Engraved. £40

1698. HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759): The Beauties of Handel, in three volumes. Consisting of upwards of One Hundred & Fifty of his most favorite Songs, Duetts & Trios, Selected from the Various Works of this great Master, arranged with a separate Accompaniment for the Piano Forte and figured from the M.S. Scores of the Author by Jos. Corfe. Dedicated ... to His Majesty. Vol.1.
London: Printed & Sold by Preston, [ca.1815]. Oblong folio. [iv (frontispiece portrait, title, contents)], 134pp. Disbound. Some foxing and marginal browning. Engraved. RISM A/I/4 and A/I/12 H 1089. £40

1719. HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759) - WERNER, Edwin: The Handel House in Halle: History of the Building and Museum and Guide to the Handel Exhibition [translated into English by Leonard Jones].
Halle: Händel-Haus Halle, 1987. Pl.no.3910019013. Square 8vo. 96pp. Publisher's pictorial paperback. Illustrations (some in colour). £10

1722. HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759) - MENKE, Werner: History of the Trumpet of Bach and Handel [Die Geschichte der Bach- und Händeltrompete]: a new point of view and new instruments. Forming a history of the Trumpet and its Music, from its earliest use as an artistic instrument to the middle of the eighteenth century. Special reference given to its employment by Bach and Handel, and the correct modern performance of the old parts; including a description of the new instrument invented by the Author for this purpose. With plates and music supplement. Englished by Gerald Abraham.
London: William Reeves, [1934]. 8vo. xiii, 223pp. Publisher's cloth (back cover scuffed). Plates, illustrations and music examples. £10

1744. HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759): Alexander's Feast, or the Power of Musick. An Ode Wrote in Honour of St. Cecilia By Mr. Dryden. With the Recitativo's Songs, Symphonys and Chorus's for Voices & Instruments. [HWV 75. Full score].
London: Printed for I. Walsh, [ca.1750]. Pl.no.634. Folio. [i (title)], 158pp. Original half leather (worn away) with marbled boards (hinges broken). Fine internally. Without the additional chorus "Your voices tune" on pp.159-166 not present in all copies; there may have been a difference of issue date. Ex library with bookplate, Smith2 no.6 (p.91). RISM A/I/4 and A/I/12 H 994. BUC p.432. Hirsch IV.755. £300

1745. HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759): A Second Collection of the most Favourite Songs in the Opera call'd Ariadne. No.IV. No.I, II & III Contains the 1st Collection, & the Favourite Songs in Arbaces & Ariadne by Porpora. [HWV 32. Full score].
London: Printed for and Sold by Ino. Walsh, [1734]. Pl.no.283 / 513. Folio. [i (title)], pp.59-79. Disbound. Only "Ariadne, No.IV" from a supplementary plate unlike Smith's description. Containing the overture and six arias as first performed on 26th January 1734. Engraved. Smith2 no.2 (p.17). RISM A/I/4 and A/I/12 H 102. BUC p.426. £450

1746. HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759): The Songs in the Ode wrote by Mr. Dryden for St. Cecilia's Day. [HWV 76. Full score].
London: Printed for and sould by I. Walsh, [1739]. Folio. [i (title)], 23pp. Disbound (outer margin of pp.3/4 a little worn with an old paper reinforcement at the foot). Title within decorative passe-partout title-page engraved by Collins. Engraved. First edition. Smith2 no.1 (p.131). RISM A/I/4 and A/I/12 H 1038. BUC p.437. £650

1747. HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759): The Most Celebrated Songs in the Oratorio call'd Queen Esther, To which is Prefixt The Overtures in Score. [HWV 50b. Score].
London: Printed for & Sold by I. Walsh, [1733]. Pl.no.288. Folio. [i (title)], 30pp. Red cloth. Ex library with label to front end-paper and discreet stamp to head of title. P.1 with "A table of the songs contain'd in this book" with publisher's catalogue of Handel's works at foot; containing the overture, seven songs, a duet and a unis Smith2 no.3 (p.104). RISM A/I/4 and A/I/12 H 536. BUC p.434. £400

1752. HANDEL, George Frideric (1685-1759): Jephtha, an Oratorio. Composed in the Year 1751. Full Score. Additional orchestral part by Sir A.S. Sullivan.
[London: 2/3/[18]97. Oblong 4to. 248 x 304mm. 270pp. Sewn in plain makeshift grey wrappers (edges worn, front more so). Copyist's manuscript, in ink, on 20-stave paper, in the hand of W.G. Fletcher. With some further dynamic markings and a few performance markings in red ink in a neat hand. Dated at the Donald Burrows, Some aspects of the influence of Handel's music on the English musician Arthur Sullivan, in Händel-Jahrbuch, 1998, pp.148-171. £1200

1793. HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809): Trois Sonates Pour le Clavecin Avec l'Accompagnement d'Un Violon & Violoncello, Oeuvre 40. [Hob.XV/3-5. Keyboard part only].
A Amsterdam: chez J.J. Hummel, [1786?]. Folio. [i (title)], 33pp. Disbound. Without plate number although "No." is at the lower inner corner of the title-page. The plates for the music in this edition were those used by Longman & Broderip for their (later) re-issue. Engraved. Not in RISM, BUC or Hoboken. Sammlung Hoboken vol.8, no.992. £120

1812. HAYDN, Joseph (1732-1809): The Passions of Our Saviour, With an Introduction and Finale, expressive of an Earthquake, arranged as a Quartet, for 2 Violins, Tenor & Violoncello by Guisp. Haydn, Op.48. [Hob.XX/I].
London: Printed by Clementi & Co., [wm1819]. 4 parts. Folio. [i (title)], 9; 10; 10; 10pp. Disbound. General light foxing and title of first violin and viola detached and dusty. Each part with title. Engraved. Not in RISM. £70

1824. HAYES, Philip (1738-1797): Harmonia Wiccamica. The Original Music in Score of the Graces, Iam Lucis, and Dulce Domum. Also A Song and Ode Composed for & Perform'd at the Anniversary Meeting in London. The whole collated, revised, & corrected by Phil. Hayes. [Score].
London: Printed for the Editor, and to be had of him only in Oxford, [1780]. Oblong folio. [vi (title, dedication, advertisement, biography of John Reading)], 25pp. Modern half calf (faded) with original marbled boards. Outer margins trimmed close to plate mark and final page a little creased. Engraved. RISM B/II p.197 and A/I/4 H 4888. BUC p.473. £200

1873. HINDEMITH, Paul (1895-1963): In Praise of Music (Frau Musica), after a text by Martin Luther, for Mixed Voices, High and Low, and Strings (Flute and other Instruments ad libitum). Revised by the composer. Vocal score.
New York: Associated Music Publishers, [1945]. Pl.no.AS194436. Small folio. 36pp. Publisher's printed wrappers (ever so slightly worn). Occasional red crayon performance marking. First English edition. £15

1907. HISTORY - FENLON, Iain (editor): The Renaissance, from the 1470s to the end of the 16th century.
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, [1989]. Pl.no.137734093. 8vo. xx, 418pp. Hardback with publisher's printed dust-jacket. Illustrations. £20

1908. HISTORY - SMITHER, Howard E.: A History of the Oratorio, Volume 3. The Oratorio in the Classical Era.
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, [1987]. Pl.no.807812749. 8vo. xiv, 711pp. Quarter cloth with publisher's printed dust-jacket. Music examples, facsimiles and tables. £15

1911. HISTORY - HAWKINS, John (1719-1789), BURNEY, Charles (1726-1814), BUSBY, Thomas (1755-1838): A General History of Music from the Earliest Times to the Present; condensed from the works of Sir John Hawkins and Charles Burney, with essays on the lives and works of Purcell, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Arne, Arnold, Boyce, and other Eminent Composers, and a continuation by Thomas Busby.
London: G. & B. Whittaker, and Simpkin & Marshall, 1819. Two volumes. 8vo. xii, 552; 523pp. Quarter morocco with marbled boards (corners bumped). Occasional light spotting. Unopened. Music examples. "The powerful Edinburgh Review accused Busby of plagiarism, an accusation that is not altogether valid. Busby was a popularizer, and his writin First edition. £175

1954. HOLST, Gustav (1874-1934): First Choral Symphony. The Words selected from the poems of John Keats. Set to music for soprano solo, chorus and orchestra, Op.41. [Vocal score].
London: Novello and Company, 1925. Pl.no.15103. Novello's Original Octavo Edition. 8vo. 112pp. Publisher's printed wrappers (backstrip sellotaped). Inscribed and signed by the composer, in ink, on the title. First edition. £65

1986. HOOK, James (1746-1827): He pip'd so sweet, Sung by Mrs. Iliff, at Vauxhall Gardens. ['When rural Lads and Lasses gay'].
London: Printed & Sold by Preston, [between 1787-1789]. Folio. [2]ff. (numbered 6-7). Disbound. Tear across opening page repaired with old paper tape. Drop title. With tune for German flute at the end. With the seller's label of "Hawthorn's Music Shop, No.9 Marylebone Street" [also from this same period] glued to the top. Engraved. RISM A/I/4 and A/I/12 H 6852. BUC p.497. Not in BLIC. £15

1987. HOOK, James (1746-1827): The Reveilleé. A favorite Sonnet. Written by the Right Honble. the Earl of Orford … and Sung at Vauxhall Gardens with universal Applause. [Duet. 'Rise, Cynthia, rise'].
[London]: Printed by Longman and Broderip, [1786]. Folio. 4pp. Disbound. Drop title. With arrangement for two German flutes on p.4. Engraved. RISM A/I/4 and A/I/12 H 7096. BUC p.500. £20

1988. HOOK, James (1746-1827): Six Sonatas, for the Piano Forte, or Harpsichord, With an Accompaniment for the German Flute or Violin, Op.LIV. [Score].
London: Printed & Sold by Preston, [1788?]. Folio. [i (title)], 27pp. Modern marbled boards. Engraved. First edition. RISM A/I/4 and A/I/12 H 7340. BUC p.505. £125

1998. HOWELL, Thomas (fl.1828-1836): Practical Elementary Examples for the Violin, Op.23, Consisting of a Systematic Progression of Original Lessons with copious Rules for obtaining an effective and elegant Method of Bowing. Designed as an Auxiliary Work to the Author's Original Instructions for the Violin. Dedicated to Masters Joseph & Nathaniel Montefiore.
London: Published by Mori & Lavenu, [1829]. Pl.no.2319. Folio. [iv (title, introduction/printed letter from Cherubini)], 24pp. Folded as issued. With composer's initial stamp in red ink; some light off-setting. The letter from Cherubini praises the exercises and recommends them to learners of the violin. Engraved. £48

2002. HOWELLS, Herbert (1892-1983): A Grace for 10 Downing Street, for SATB choir unaccompanied. Words by Robert Armstrong (Lord Armstrong of Ilminster). [Score].
London: Novello, [1992]. 8vo. 5pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. Written for William Walton's seventieth birthday dinner party, the words were changed slightly and used at almost all other dinners during Edward Heath's time as Prime Minister. From the collection of Sir Edward Heath (1916 £10

2033. ICONOGRAPHY - KINSKY, Georg (editor): A History of Music in Pictures. With the co-operation of Robert Haas, Hans Schnoor and other experts. With an introduction by Eric Blom.
London & Toronto: J.M. Dent and Sons, [1920]. Folio. xiv, 363pp. Half cloth with gilt lettering. £60

2092. INSTRUMENTS - ORGAN - HOPKINS, Edward J.: The Organ, It history and construction: a comprehensive treatise on the structure and capabilities of the organ, with specifications and suggestive details for instruments of all sizes, intended as a handbook for the organist and the amateur. Preceded by an entirely New History of the Organ by Edward F. Rimbault.
London: Robert Cocks & Co., 1870. 8vo. xxxi, 588pp. Publisher's cloth (generally worn). Tables and illustrations. With large folding plate (worn) loosely inserted at the front to accompany this volume but published separately. £45

2105. INSTRUMENTS - ORGAN - PERROT, Jean: The Organ from its Invention in the Hellenistic Period to the end of the Thirteenth Century. Adapted from the French, tanslated by Norma Deane.
London: Oxford University Press, 1971. Pl.no.193184184. 8vo. xxv, 317pp. + plates. Publisher's cloth with dust-jacket (top edges creased). £45

2131. DUBOURG, George: The Violin: some account of that leading instrument, and its most eminent Professors, from its earliest date to the present time; with hints to amateurs, anecdotes, etc.
London: Robert Cocks and Co., 1852. 8vo. xi, 410pp. Cloth (joints rubbed, corners bumped) with gilt lettering. With 10pp. publisher's catalogue at the end. Fourth edition, revised and considerably enlarged. £40

2137. INSTRUMENTS - STRING - HART, George (1839-1891): The Violin and its Music, with several engraved portraits on steel of eminent violinists whose style, both in playing and in composition, may be regarded as representative.
London: Dulau and Co., 1881. Large 8vo. xii, 484pp. + plates. Publisher's cloth (head and foot of backstrip ever so slightly bumped), gilt, t.e.g. Facsimiles and music examples. £50

2139. INSTRUMENTS - STRING - HART, George (1839-1891): The Violin and its Music. With several engraved portraits on steel of eminent violinists whose style, both in playing and in composition, may be regarded as representative.
London: Dulau and Co., 1881. Large 8vo. xi, 484pp. + plates. Publisher's embossed cloth gilt (a little marked and scratched, front hinge worn), t.e.g. Music examples. Presented and inscribed to Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) by the author on the title-page; George Hart was a son of John Hart of the English family of First edition. £125

2163. IRELAND, John (1879-1962): Concerto in E-flat major [Piano score with orchestral part reduced for second piano].
London: J. & W. Chester, [1932]. Pl.no.JWC75. Folio. 47pp. Wrappers (chipped around the edges). Ex library stamps to first page of music and back wrapper. £6

2217. IRVING, Henry Brodribb (1838-1905): Photographic portrait postcard.
[London]: Rotary Photographic Series, [between 1901-5]. Pl.no.1114D. 138 x 86mm. As issued. Fine. Head and shoulders portrait; signed, in ink, across the foot. Irving was regarded as the greatest actor of his generation, and was the first actor ever to receive a knighthood. £40

2273. JAZZ - NOBLE, Peter: Transatlantic Jazz. A short history of American jazz and a study of its leading exponents and personalities, including a guide to classical jazz records and a complete Bibliography.
London: Citizen Press, [1945]. Small 8vo. 96pp. Publisher's printed paperback. Plates. £10

2282. [JESS]: The Favorite Duett of Jess Macpharlane, as Sung at the Dilettanti Concerts by Mr. Dignum and Mr. Hindle. ['When first she came to Town'].
[London: s.n., wm1795]. Folio. 4pp. Disbound (outer fold with paper tape). Tear across p.2 repaired. Drop title. With tune for two flutes on p.4. Engraved. RISM A/I/9 AN 1366, citing one copy only (in the USA). BUC p.1073 [ca.1790], citing only one copy. £30

2290. JONES, James Sidney (1861-1946): The Geisha. A Story of a Tea House. A Japanese Musical Play in Two Acts. Libretto by Owen Hall. Lyrics by Harry Greenbank. Vocal score.
London: Hopwood & Crew, 1896. 8vo. 206pp. Quarter leather. First and final pages browned. £10

2343. KING, Matthew Peter (1773-1823): The British March, as Performed by His Royal Highness the Duke of York's Band. Composed for the Brave Defenders of their King and Country, and, with Permission, most humbly Dedicated to His Royal Highness the Duke of York. [Piano version and full score].
[London]: Printed by Longman and Broderip, [1798]. Folio. 8pp. Disbound. Drop title. Pp.1-2 for piano, pp.3-7 in full score and p.8 the parts for fifes and side drums. Signed, in ink, at the foot of p.1 but cropped. Engraved. RISM A/I/5 K 597 citing two copies only, both in GB. BUC p.570. £50

2388. LADY: The Match Girl. Sung at most Convivial Societies. The Words by T.H. The Music by a Lady. ['Come buy of Poor Mary good Matches'].
[London]: Printed & Sold at Fentum's, [ca.1790]. Folio. [2]ff. Disbound. Drop title. Engraved. RISM A/I/9 AN 1736, citing one copy only, in the USA. BUC p.588. £20

2394. LAMBERT, Constant (1905-1951): Summer's Last Will and Testament. A Masque for orchestra, chorus, and baritone solo, to words taken from the Pleasant Comedy of that name written in 1593 by Thomas Nashe. The Drawings by Michael Ayrton. [Vocal score].
London: Oxford University Press, [1937]. Large folio. [vi], 78pp. Publisher's printed wrappers (head and foot of backstrip slightly worn) with gilt titling. Limited edition of 150, unnumbered and not signed. £40

2422. LAWES, Henry (1596-1662): A Paraphrase upon the Divine Poems by George Sandys.
London: At the Bell in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1638. 4to. [xxii], 55, [xii], 171; 15; 33pp. Original leather (worn), rebacked. P.13 with printer's manuscript correction to second line. Title-page with woodcut device. Dedication to Charles I on verso of title-page. The colophon reads "London, Printed by John Legatt, 1637". The ‘poet-adventur First edition; the issue with the Dedication to Charles I on the verso of the title-page. RISM A/I/5 and A/I/12 L 1160. BUC p.603. Bowers & Davis 4(a). Pforzheimer 852. STC 21725. £1800

2438. LEE, George Alexander: Away, away, to the Mountains Brow, a Cavatina, as Sung by unbounded Applause by Mrs Waylette at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, in the New Opera of the Devil's Brother, also in the Grand Musical Festivals. Ninth Edition.
London: Published by H. Wray, [1832?]. Folio. [i (title)], 7pp. Disbound. Browned and a little worn. Signed by the publisher. Engraved. £5

2457. LEO, Frank (1874-1940): There’s a Home for you with me. Written and composed by Leo. Sung with the greatest possible success by Wilkie Bard. [Arranged by John S. Baker. Score and part].
London: Howard & Co., 1898. Pl.no.H&Co3185. Folio. [i (title)], 4, [i]pp. Disbound. Pictorial title with portrait. £10

2479. LIND, Jenny (1820-1887): Jenny Lind: a record and analysis of the "Method" of the late Madame Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt. Together with a selection of Cadenze, Solfeggi, Abellimenti, etc. in illustration of her vocal art. Edited by Otto Goldschmidt.
London: Novello and Company, 1894. 8vo. 20, xxvii pp. Publisher's cloth (front cover faded and a little marked). £30

2483. LINLEY, George (1798-1865): I never was a child. No.5, Songs from the celebrated American Story, the Lamplighter. The words by J.E. Carpenter. [''Tis easy to forget the past!'].
London: Duff & Hodgson, [1854?]. Pl.no.1805. Folio. [i (title)], 5pp. Disbound (pages separated). Coloured pictorial title-page. Inscribed and signed by the composer. Engraved. £10

2610. MACKAY, George Eric: Love Letters of a Violinist and other Poems. Fourth edition, revised.
London: Walter Scott, [1887]. Small 8vo. xxix, 201pp. Cloth (head of backstrip ever so slightly torn) with paper label. Uncut. Inscribed, signed and dated on the verso of the half-title. £20

2611. MACKAY, George Eric: Love Letters of a Violinist and other Poems. Fourth edition, revised.
London: Walter Scott, [1887]. 12mo. xxix, 201pp. Cloth (head of backstrip ever so slightly torn) with paper label. Uncut. Inscribed, signed and dated on the verso of the half-title. £20

2612. MACKENZIE, Alexander Campbell (1847-1935): The Rose of Sharon. A Dramatic Oratorio founded on the Song of Solomon. The Words selected from Holy Scripture by Joseph Bennett. Op.30. The Vocal score with pianoforte accompaniment arranged from the orchestral score by O.B. Brown.
London & New York: Novello, Ewer and Co., 1884. 4to. xiv, 262pp. Quarter cloth with printed boards. First edition of the vocal score. £15

2636. MALFITANO, Catherine: Programme for performance of Stiffelio at the Royal Opera House.
London: Royal Opera House, 6th February, 1993. Small 4to. ca.75pp. Publisher's printed wrappers. Signed, in ink, at the foot of the cast-list by Malfitano, in the role of Lina. £20

2668. MARTYN, Bendall (1700-1761): Fourteen Sonatas For Two Violins, With a Bass for the Violoncello and a Through Bass for the Harpsicord. [Parts].
London: Printed for I. Walsh, [1763]. Four parts. Folio. [i (title)], 31; [i (title)], 29; [i (title)], 29; [i (title)], 29pp. Disbound. Engraved. "In December 1732 he obtained a place in the customs-house, and in 1738 was appointed, under the patronage of the Walpole family, secretary to the Commissioners of Excise, a post he retained until his retirement on 8 October 1761, du First edition. RISM A/I/5 M 1175 citing five locations. BUC p.659. Smith/Humphries (Walsh) no.988. £425

2673. MASCAGNI, Pietro (1863-1945): Signature.
Berlin: 24.x.1924. 61 x 101mm. The composer's signature, in ink, across a small piece of paper. Two corners with trace of previous mount and one corner slightly missing. £150

2676. MASON, Ronald and BUSH, Geoffrey (arrangers): More Songs from a Summer School.
[London: University of London, Extra-Mural Studies, 1980]. 4to. 68pp. Spiral bound. Signed by both arrangers; also inscribed [to Michael Hurd] by them. Not in BLIC. £8

2677. MASON, Ronald and BUSH, Geoffrey (arrangers): Songs from a Summer School.
[London: University of London, Extra-Mural Studies, 1975]. Pl.no.718703588. 4to. 64pp. Spiral bound. Signed by both arrangers; also inscribed [to Michael Hurd] by them. Not in BLIC. £8

2721. MAZZINGHI, Joseph (1765-1844): Three Sonatas, for the Piano Forte, with or without the Additional Keys, and an Accompanyment for a Flute or Violin. Humbly Dedicated to Mrs. Rigby, Op.XIV. [Keyboard part only]. In this sett are introduced several favorite Airs.
London: Printed for G. Goulding, [between 1795-1798, wm1795]. Folio. 23pp. Disbound. Engraved. First edition. RISM A/I/5 and A/I/13 M 1627 citing only one copy in the UK. BUC p.665. Levy and Ward (King's Theatre Collection) no.433. £55

2723. MAZZINGHI, Joseph (1765-1844): 1792, The Celebrated Opera Dances [La Foire de Smirne] Theatre Royal Haymarket, for the Piano Forte, Violin or Flute. Compos'd by Mr. Mazzinghi, And other eminent Composers. Book III.
London: Printed for the Proprietors, & Sold by T. Skillern and G. Goulding, 1792. Oblong 8vo. 44pp. Stitched as issued. Slight wax mark on title. With a printed list containing the names of the leader of the ballets, the ballet master and principal dancers on the verso of the title. Engraved. RISM B/II p.125, citing two copies only (one of which incomplete). BUC p.665. The King’s Theatre Collection: Ballet and Opera in London, 1706-1883 - no.392. £250

2744. MEHUL, Etienne-Nicolas (1763-1817): Autograph letter, signed, to Vinit (General Secretary of the Paris Conservatoire).
[Paris: s.d.]. 166 x 210mm. Folded where previously posted. Trace of wax seal. Short autograph letter, in French, in ink, signed, about a report: "if the report has not yet been sent to the minister, see this letter and have the alterations made"; this letter presumably once had a £60

2759. MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, Felix (1809-1847): The Instrumental Portion of Hymn of Praise, Sinfonia Cantata No.1. Arranged as a Duet for the Piano Forte by the Author.
London: J. Alfred Novello, [between 1856-1859]. Pl.no.1025. Novello's Edition of the Works of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Folio. 39pp. Disbound (inner margins of title and final page reinforced with tape). Engraved. £20

2852. MEYERBEER, Giacomo (1791-1864): Autograph letter, signed, to François-Louis Crosnier, director of the Opéra-Comique.
[Paris: between 1834-1845]. Small 8vo. 168 x 112mm. [2]ff. Folded where previously posted; integral address leaf, trace of seal. Short autograph letter, in German, in ink, signed, asking whether they should have a short talk together in the morning before his departure. If he wasn't ill he would have visited hi £85

2882. MILITARY - KENDRICK, Ian: Music in the Air. The Story of music in the Royal Air Force.
Baldock: Egon Publishers, [1986]. Pl.no.905858306. 8vo. 174pp. Cloth with publisher's printed dust-jacket. Illustrations. £15

2883. MILITARY: Coastal Command Band, 4/8/42-5/7/44. Diary of Performances (Military Band). Flying Training Command "B" Band, 6/7/44-7/11/45.
: . Small 8vo. 178 x 114mm. [60]ff. Limp cloth (a little scratched). Manuscript, in blue ink throughout, listing all performancesof the two bands between August 1942 and July 1945, presumably by the conductor or a member of the band. Dates, venues, reasons for performance and many program £150

2885. MILLER, Edward (1735-1807): A Collection of New English Songs and a Cantata. [Score].
London: Printed & sold by John Johnson, [ca.1755]. Oblong folio. [v (title, list of subscribers)], 13pp. Modern marbled boards. Engraved. First edition. RISM A/I/5 M 2777 and BUC p.676 citing the same two copies only. £170

2886. MILLICO, Vito Giuseppe (1737-1802): Six Songs with an Accompaniment for the Great or Small Harp, Forte-Piano or Harpsichord. Humbly Dedicated to the Honorable Mrs. Hobard. [With] A Second Set of Six Songs … Humbly Dedicated to the Baroness de Frise. [Score].
London: Printed by Robt. Birchall, [wms1811 and 1810]. Two volumes in one. Oblong 8vo. [i (title)], 16; [i (title)], 17pp. Original marbled limp wrappers (backstrip a little worn). Engraved. RISM A/I/5 M 2816 (five copies) and 2819 (one copy only). £150

2930. MOONIE, William B.: The Weird of Colbar. An Opera in three Acts. Libretto by George M. Reith. [Vocal score].
Edinburgh: Bruce Clements & Co., [1936]. Pl.no.BC127. 4to. 289pp. Publisher's printed wrappers (foxed and stained) with cloth backstrip. Few pencil and crayon performance markings, few corners dog-eared. Signed, in ink, on the title by the composer, Neil Forsyth and Albert Dewar. First edition. £65

2940. MORTELLARI, Antonio: Twelve Arrietts, by Subscription with an Accompanyment for the Piano Forte or Harp, Dedicated by Permission to the Marchioness of Salisbury.
London: Printed & Sold by Henry Holland, [between 1790-1793]. Oblong 4to. [v (title, List of Subscribers (on iii and v))], 25pp. Stitched as issued into original plain makeshift Publisher's printed wrappers. With the composer's signature at the head of the title. The List of Subscribers, which includes several members of the royalty and nobility, curiously contains only one music First edition. Not in RISM, BUC or BLIC. £225

2943. MOSCHELES, Ignaz (1794-1870): Studies for the Piano Forte, as finishing lessons for advanced performers, consisting of 24 Characteristic Compositions in the different Major & Minor Keys, Op.70. Dedicated to his esteemed Master and Friend Frederic Dionys Weber, Director of the Conservatory of Music at Prague.
London: Published by Chappell and Cramer, Addison & Beale, [between 1837-1844]. Pl.no.3466. Folio. [i (title)], 47pp. Unstitched. Title dusty and fore-edge a little chipped. Signed, in ink, by the composer. Engraved. £75

2951. MOULDS, John: The Primrose Girl. A Celebrated Song, Sung by Mrs. Bland, in the Entertainment of The Sultan, at the Theatre Royal in the Hay-market. ['Come buy of poor Kate Primroses'].
London: Printed & Sold at A. Bland & Weller's, [1796?]. Folio. [2]ff. Disbound. Drop title. Engraved. This imprint not in RISM, citing only one copy of the imprint by Robert Wornum. Not in BUC. £20

3044. MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Mozart's First Service, in C major (with English words written and adapted by William Ball). Edited, With an Accompaniment for the Pianoforte, by John Bishop of Cheltenham. [KV 317. Vocal score].
London: Robert Cocks and Co., [1854]. Hand-Book for the Oratorios, no.12. Large 8vo. [viii (title, advertisement, preface, text)], 76pp. Original pictorial front wrapper only. Traces of sellotape to some edges throughout. £4

3045. MUDGE, Richard (1718-1763): Six Concertos in Seven Parts. Five for Four Violins, a Tenor Violin, and Violoncello, with a Thorough Bass for the Harpsicord, and One Concerto for the Organ or Harpsicord, with Instruments. To which is added, Non Nobis Domine, in 8 Parts. [Parts].
London: Printed for I. Walsh, [1749]. Eight parts (trumpet part in photocopy). Folio. Sewn in original blue plain wrappers as issued (worn). These fine concertos are the only works by which this composer is known. Engraved. First edition. RISM A/I/6 and A/I/13 M 7726. BUC p.714. Smith/Humphries no.1122. £450

3046. ROUSSEAU, Eugene: Marcel Mule: his Life and Saxophone.
Shell Lake, USA: étoile Music, 1982. 8vo. ix, 154pp. Paperback. Illustrations. Inscribed and signed on the title by the Author. £10

3058. NABOKOV, Nicolas (1903-1978): Разставаиге [Razstavanie. For voice and piano].
Brussels: 9.2.[19]29. Folio. 335 x 250mm. [2]ff. Single bifolium folded. Autograph manuscript, in ink on twelve-stave paper, signed at the top and at the end; dated at the end. This is the Stichvorlage for the Édition Russe de Musique publication of his setting of Pushkin’s poem ‘Parting’. The manusc £400

3069. NEW MUSICAL FUND: New Musical Fund. [Stipple engraved concert ticket].
[London: ca.1820]. 235 x 186mm. Small stain at lower outer corner and inner edge a little crumpled. Beautiful large vignette of Apollo and musicians administering to a widow and children. The fund-raising concerts for the society were generally quite extravagant and very well attended £60

3093. NIKISCH, Arthur (1855-1922): Pen and ink portrait by John Gerald Platt.
[Newcastle?: ca.1920]. 154 x 114mm. Laid on a slightly larger card sheet. Head and shoulders portrait (possibly based on a postcard portrait rather than from life) of the conductor facing left but looking out. Signed, in ink, across the base. With Folded where previously enveloped. Blac £30

3110. NUSSEN, Frederick (d.1779): VI Solos for a Violin with a Thorough Bass for the harpsicord or Violoncello, Dedicated To the Right Honble. Francis Earl Brooke. [Score].
London: Printed for I. Walsh, [ca.1750]. Folio. [i (title)], 32pp. Modern half leather with marbled boards. A splash on p.6 (which is blank). Engraved. The dedicatee, Francis Greville (1719-1773), was created 1st Earl Brooke in 1746; the composer became a naturalized British subject in 1755 and played in the Royal Hou First edition. RISM A/I/6 and A/I/13 N 820 (citing four copies only). BUC p.736. Smith & Humphries no.1135. £325

3120. OFFENBACH, Jacques (1819-1880): Publishing contract for his opéra bouffe La Créole with G. Wood, the London publisher.
[Paris]: 6 December, 1875. Single sheet 4to. 251 x 200mm. Folded where previously enveloped (trace of mounting along inner edge). Manuscript document in French signed (‘Jacques Offenbach’). Wood acquires the publishing rights of the work in England and will have the work translated into English. The publishi £700

3167. OPERA - WHITE, Eric Walter (compiler): A Register of First Performances of English Operas and Semi-Operas from the 16th Century to 1980.
[London]: The Society for Theatre Research, 1983. Pl.no.854300368. 8vo. vi, 130pp. Publisher's hardback. First edition. £15

3203. ORGAN - KLEIN, John: The First Four Centuries of Music for the Organ from Dunstable to Bach (1370-1749). Volume I [and II].
New York: Associated Music Publishers, [1948]. Two volumes. Folio. xx, 477pp. Publisher's cloth. £30

3208. OUSELEY, Frederick Arthur Gore (1825-1889): Hagar, an Oratorio in Two Parts. The words selected from Holy Scripture by J.R.G. Taylor. The Pianoforte part arranged from the Full Score by Langdon Colborne. [Vocal score].
London: Novello, Ewer & Co., 1873. Pl.no.4941. Folio. [viii (title, dedication to James Atlay (Bishop of Hereford), text, list of subscribers)], 144, [i (index)]pp. Blue cloth. Title, dedication, final and index pages reinforced with paper tape along outer edge. With a contemporary manuscript note on a flyleaf relating to the first performance and its performers. First edition. £75

3211. PACINI, Giovanni (1796-1867): Scena e Duetto ‘Stringi l’acciar mi suona’, Nell’Opera Atala. In Padova nel nuovo Teatro in Giugno, 1818. [Full score].
[S.l.: ca.1820]. Oblong folio. 237 x 324mm. [29]ff. Sewn. Copyist’s manuscript on 14 stave paper, in ink, with written ornamentation. First performed in the opera at the Teatro Nuovo in Padua in June, 1818. With the bookplate of the “Biblioteca Papafava” and the signature of the Contessa Luisa Pappafava Seemingly unpublished in any format and NG2 does not list any manuscript sources for the opera. £120

3212. PACINI, Giovanni (1796-1867): Romanza ‘Pellegrin da Palestina’, nell’Introduzione Dell’Opera Ivanhoe. [For chorus [written on one stave] and piano. Begins ‘Questo è suon di menestrello’].
[S.l.: 1832?]. Oblong folio. 227 x 321mm. [8]ff. Copyist’s manuscript on 10 stave paper, in ink, being essentially a copy of a printed score. First performed in the opera at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice on 19th March, 1832. With the bookplate of the “Biblioteca Papafava” and the signature of the Con £25

3216. PACINI, Giovanni (1796-1867): Duetto ‘La mia destra’, nell’Opera Gli Arabi nelle Gallie. Eseguito dalla Siga. Lorenzani, e dal Sigr. David. [Vocal score].
Milano: Presso Gio. Ricordi / Firenze: Presso Ricordi, Pozzi, e Co., [1828?]. Pl.no.T3191B [crossed through and ‘3637’ added in ms.].. Oblong folio. 14pp. (also with pagination from entire vocal score). Folded as issued (outer fold a little worn). Drop title. With the bookplate of the “Biblioteca Papafava”. Engraved. A separate issue of this duet taken from the plates of the vocal score of 1828 which were the plates of the separate edition of 1827 with added through pagination (the engraver seems to have forgotten to add the later “plate number” which is usually found £25